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Hey! No fair! I missed a question! I would have picked Tibet anyway. (Don't tell anyone!) The zoo I believe is in Vienna.

D: The Clown’s Gallery and Museum. If I remember right, it's something about clown faces painted on eggs. No two clown faces are ever alike.

Moving right along, a few more shots of the sawhorse derby; The bridge over the track to the bleachers; The final turn; Headed toward the finish line; One of the thrill rides in YBR Country is Courage. Are you as brave as the Cowardly Lion? I know I'm not! I would lose my lunch on this thing!

D: Wales is correct. However, the question should be in what country is the longest town name as the longest officially recognized place name in the world is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, which is a hill in New Zealand. {no spaces!} (Yes, I had to look up the spelling, but knew it was a hill in N.Z.) 😁 And again, Social Studies teacher!!!

If I could make a suggestion? Is there some way to hide the index tab on the left, have it slide in and out? I like the forum itself to be much larger. Old eyes that have seen too much and all that!

I'm going to agree with JB and Wagi and choose B: Monaco also. For the bonus question, I'm going to say A: True. I remember there's something about wind moving clockwise in one hemisphere and counter in the other, or the earth spins faster at the equator than at the poles, which stops hurricanes or typhoons at the mid point of the earth or something like that. So as Wagi said, the equator is an imaginary line, but the effect is real. Now I want to look it up!!! 🤣

Underneath the topiary, there are tire and steel obstacles. In-game, the carts freewheel all over the track, and swerve to avoid obstacles. If I ever figure out how to make videos, I'll give this a go. My video card does not have that capability.

Thanks Wagi & JB! The "sawhorses" awaiting their riders! There are bleachers for those who would rather watch than ride; The clubhouse turn; Some obstacles on the back stretch;

One of the centerpieces of YBR Kingdom is the Great Sawhorse Race. Envisioned by the Goddard Group as a race on wooden horses around a track, for our purposes, we used the go cart track. It worked out pretty well. On to the pictures; The entrance building; The judge's observation post. A rework of Fisherman's life guard station; The starting gate;

Going with Wagi again here. The Republic of Ireland. Scotland and Northern Ireland are indeed part of the U.K.

C: Argentina

Actually, several European countries do import garbage to burn. No garbage, no fuel. No fuel, no electricity! Sweden is a shining example of this. Only 1% of Sweden's trash is sent to landfills. By burning trash, another 52% is converted into energy and the remaining 47% gets recycled. Here in the states, we only recycle 30% of our garbage, which is only a 7% increase since 1960. Over 60% of our garbage goes directly into landfills. Pretty sad, actually. In Europe the incinerators run much cleaner than similar facilities here in the states, but the energy companies here in the U.S. will not upgrade/install the better equipment. Might cut into their profit margins and CEO bonuses to actually spend money on upgraded infrastructure! I guess you can tell I teach Economics!

Definitely B: Sweden. They have excellent waste to energy conversion. The U.S. could take a page from their book.

I'm going with Wagi here. He really liked the fruit, and he and Wozniak wanted a simple name, not something "tech sounding". So "C."

Wagi, not to digress, but, Purina Cow Chow is a thing! 🤣 Totally found this by accident looking on Chewy for something else!

I guess I'm third with no real idea, but I'm thinking signage is not that great a deal. I think the royalty angle makes sense, (we are talking a buttload of soda here!) so I'll say D: Disney would pay one cent royalty for every soda sold. By the way, is anyone keeping score here?

Everything looks great! Thanks for your hard work!

Right next to Scrap's Scrambler, the Build a Bear Workshop company has a concession where you can build a scarecrow! What else! And across from that shop is an entertaining indoor attraction, the Cornrow Theatre, where the Scarecrow presents "Crows vs. Scarecrows", a multimedia show featuring live costumed actors and animatronics. Just a small fountain!

The Archies were another comic book property the park leased. Their worn out go carts saw a 70% increase in ridership after being redecorated! The Archie's Hot Rods; Big crowd today! A monorail circled part of the park, and a skyway went from the east part of the park near the Palisades Cliffs to the western part of the park. The "mod" architecture was everywhere; Another crowded day at Palisades Amusement park, "swings all day and after dark!"

I think avocados are like cherries and grapes, they ripen on the tree but do not over-ripen and they can remain on the tree for an extended time. I will pick D: More than seven months. just because it's the longest time you listed!

Across from Billina's ride Scraps the Patchwork Girl has a cozy little snack bar; Directly next to it is Scrap's Scrambler, a beautifully decorated Tilt-A-Whirl ride;

It was definitely A: Hidden Valley Ranch, but I'm pretty sure the ranch itself was in California, not Alaska.

Thanks for the invite, but what the heck is the answer??? 🤣

Here's a nice overview of the Lunchpail Tree; This is a workshop find, BTW. I think it was made by Slowly for his OZ park. I changed it up a bit, and added all the surrounding scenery. Here's a view backstage of the Flying Gump; You can see the witch's castle and the Emerald City off in the distance.

It appeared in the third OZ book, but was a lunch box tree. In Disney's Return to OZ, they made it a pail. They contain a ham sandwich, spongecake, pickle, cheese, and apple. Good lunch! Here's another shot of the Flying Gump;